PERCEPTION OF ACADEMIC OF NURSING ON CARE FOR AGED

• Main Authors: Fabíola de Araújo Leite Medeiros, Daísy Vieira de Araújo, Larissa Nogueira de Siqueira Barbosa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2009-03-01
• Series: Cogitare Enfermagem
• Subjects: Aged; Nursing; Education
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v14i1.14120

This article refers to a descriptive and analytical study whose main objective was to describe and analyze theperceptions of nursing academics about education in Gerontology. The sample was composed by 57 nursing academics ofParaiba State University. Given the content analysis, two theme categories were selected: the elements involved in caringfor elderly (including the requirement of subjectivity and expertise, in addition to the social recognition to the elderly); andanother was related to practices and knowledge needed to care for the elderly in nursing education. It is suggested thatmore studies should be directed in order to the reflection on the nursing schools’ curriculum, and discussions about theelderly health should be carried out in order to enable the educate nurses that are able to meet the challenges of an agingpopulation